Characteristics
Rank
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES
SUBSPECIES
VARIETY
Life form
any
annual
biennial
perennial
Growth form
any
fern
forb
graminoid
herb
moss
shrub
subshrub
tree
vine
Growth support
any
aquatic
climber
epiphyte
free-standing
hemiepiphyte
mycoheterotroph
parasite
Foliage retention
any
deciduous
evergreen
Root system
any
adventitious-root
creeping-root
fibrous-root
rhizome
tap-root
Nitrogen fixer
any
frankia
nostocaceae
present
rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway
any
c3
c4
cam
Environment
Usage
Use
any
afforestation
agar-agar
alcohol
alkaloid
animal food
aphrodisiacum
auxiliary tree
bee plant
beer
beverage
breeding
brewing
carragenan
carving
charcoal
cloth
coffee substitute
commercial
condiment
construction
cooking
cork
cosmetics
cover crop
cover plant
crop
drinks
drug
dye
eating
environmental use
erosion control
essential oil
etheric oil
experimental purposes
famine
fertilizer
fetish
fiber
fibre
firebreak
firewood
fishing
fixation of sand dunes
flavouring
fodder
food
food additive
food dye
forage
forestry
fragrant oil
fuel
fuelwood
game attractant
gene source
glycosid
grain crop
green manure
gum
habitats
hedge
house garden crop
human nutrition
improve
incense
industrial
insect repellent
insecticide
invasive weed
invertebrate food
latex
leaf vegetable
magical plant
manure
material
medicinal
minor pulse crop
non-vertebrate poison
oil
ornamental
paints
paper
pasture
perfumery
pharmaceutical
pharmaceutical industry
poison
potherb
printing inks
psychoactive drink
recultivation
reforestation
religious
resin
rootstock
rope
rubber
ruderal plant
saponin
scientific purpose
seasoning
seasoning brandy
shade
shelter
silage
smoking
soap
social use
soil improve
species
spice
stabilisation of sandy soils
stimulant
sugar
support
tannin
tanning
tea
technical
timber
tonic
varnish
vermicid
vertebrate poison
water-proofing
wax
weed
wild vegetable
windbreak
wood
Edible part
any
arils
barks
bulbs
flowers
fronds
fruits
gums
leaves
nectars
nuts
pods
rhizomes
roots
saps
seeds
shoots
stems
tubers
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